Product code SHU

Device name

Appendiceal Scope And Accessories, Flexible

Medical specialty

Gastroenterology, Urology

Device class

2

Regulation number

876.1500

Review panel

GU

Implant

N

Life sustaining/supporting

N

GMP exempt

N

Third party review

N

Summary malfunction reporting

Ineligible

Definition

Inserted into the lower gastrointestinal lumen via the anus to provide visualization and therapeutic access to the appendix. Navigation to the appendix may be accomplished by inserting the flexible appendiceal scope into the working channel of a colonoscope. Does not include laparoscopes, telescopes, or other rigid scopes that are surgically inserted into the body through the abdominal wall.

Source

FDA openFDA device classification dataset